Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs! Yay!

 

This is so cool.  When I was a little, little kid the book Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs was one of my absolute favorites.  I used to read it over and over when I was 5 or 6 or so.  The book was about an odd town named Chewandswallow in which the weather changed three times a day, right around breakfast lunch and dinner...and it always rained food and beverages.  However, the weather started getting out of control and the town was suddenly in danger of getting destroyed by giant pancakes and ketchup tornados.

 

Now, Sony pictures has created a CG animated film adaptation of the book, and it's even in 3D.  According to Wikipedia, the film will explain the origins of the town's odd weather patterns and will be a spoof of disaster films like Twister and Armageddon.

 

The film has a great cast too with such names as  Bill Hader, Bruce Campbell, Anna Farris, Tracey Morgan and James Caan providing their voices.  The best part though is none other than Mr. T himself will also be adding his voice to the film.  As far as I can recall, this is the first time Mr. T has done voiceover work for a major motion picture.  I hadn't really thought of it before, but I'm now suddenly shocked that Mr. T hasn't been doing voice work for films for years now.  He has an incredible, instantly recognizable voice that would work well with a ton of different kinds of characters.  He should have been doing this long ago, and I'm really looking forward to getting to listen to him in this film.

 

Plus, the trailer makes the film look like it's going to be a lot of fun.  It looks really pretty, and the 3D is just going to make it that much better.  The film is set to come out on September 18th, 2009.  I can't wait.